Seeing the prompt appear before him, Xu Lin’s spirit lifted.
He didn’t know if this would let him completely overcome the current crisis, but at least there was new hope.
Moreover, looking at the unlocked progress, only two conditions were not met. And they didn’t seem too difficult.
Consume 10,000 tag energy <Heavy Girl> 10,000 points and make 100 <Positive Role> category tags (white).
He had actually used 5000 points? And made 50 tags?
He thought about it; during the day, he didn’t seem to use that many.
It seemed the ones he used earlier were counted too!
Still need to consume 5000 points; currently, the only way was to continue making tags, meaning another 250 <Positive Role> (white).
Quick!
Seeing himself getting closer to Lin Shen Xue, he hurriedly called the system to make tags.
But even at his fastest, he could only make dozens at a time.
He wanted to speed up, but making more at once made his brain hurt.
And that pain wouldn’t ease quickly, even drinking mineral water had no effect.
It would take over ten seconds to reach the goal.
But those ten seconds were enough for him to be dragged to Lin Shen Xue’s side.
There must be a way to buy time!
He remembered the mineral water and Florida Water.
So while making tags, he synthesized mineral water and Florida Water, then splashed them on the tentacles and himself.
But now the gravity tentacles’ power was increasingly tyrannical; mineral water and Florida Water couldn’t let him escape their binding.
However, it could delay their contraction speed!
That was enough.
100
120
200
The more tags he made, Xu Lin found the making speed increasingly slow.
And the number he could make at once decreased; his brain and body gradually felt fatigued.
But he still gritted his teeth and persisted.
240
241
242
Even in the final moments, he could only make them one by one.
Quick! Quick!
He looked at Lin Shen Xue approaching and urged the system in his heart to make tags.
Of course, his urging didn’t speed up the making; at most, it comforted him a bit.
“Xu Lin classmate, let’s be together forever.”
Xu Lin was ultimately pulled before Lin Shen Xue.
Tyrannical power tore at Xu Lin’s body.
He felt his head and feet were nearly a galaxy apart.
Yet he still felt the pain of his feet being torn by the power.
248
Two left.
Lin Shen Xue reached out both hands toward him.
249
She smiled and wrapped her arms around Xu Lin’s waist.
A tyrannical power penetrated his body, not just the body but also dragging his consciousness.
Lin Shen Xue hugged Xu Lin tightly, pressing her face against his.
“Xu Lin classmate…”
Her abyss-like voice murmured.
In an instant, he felt time stop; space seemed nonexistent.
Only he and Lin Shen Xue, in boundless darkness, about to merge.
250!
The system information popped up before him, crystal clear.
[Attribute tag information extracted]
[Currently makable attribute tags: <Positive Role> (white), <?>, <Positive Role> (blue)]
Success!
Make <Positive Role> (blue)!
Xu Lin used his remaining consciousness to call the system to make the tag.
[<Positive Role> (blue) making complete]
[‘Relaxed and Refreshing Mineral Water’ (blue) synthesis successful]
[‘Six Gods Blessed Florida Water’ (blue) synthesis successful]
Xu Lin’s mind cleared; consciousness restored.
He exerted force with both hands.
Bang.
The two items in his hands shattered.
Warm and cool sensations spread from his hands to his whole body.
“Xu Lin classmate?”
Lin Shen Xue’s dazed voice came.
Thud, Xu Lin felt himself fall to the ground, back aching.
He endured the pain and quickly got up.
Pulled distance from her.
He looked at Lin Shen Xue in the distance.
At this moment, her expression was dazed, looking at her own hands.
And the solid black mist around her had thinned some.
It works!
So Xu Lin quickly imagined more mineral water, opened it, and splashed it toward Lin Shen Xue.
Gradually, the black mist on her faded; the materialized gravity tentacles completely disappeared.
“Xu Lin classmate?”
Lin Shen Xue looked blankly at Xu Lin before her.
Her voice and appearance returned to the original soft and gentle.
However…
Xu Lin looked around.
“Why hasn’t the dream woken yet?”
The surroundings were still chaos.
“This, what is this place? Wasn’t I sleeping at home?”
While Xu Lin was confused, Lin Shen Xue’s puzzled voice came.
He looked at her.
At this moment, her <Heavy Girl> tag was still visible, but the aura on her wasn’t as dangerous as before.
Instead, it was more like the daytime appearance.
And from her reaction, she seemed “awake.”
“But Xu Lin classmate is here too.”
She showed a warm sunny smile, full of happiness.
How to explain?
Xu Lin really didn’t dare say this was a dream.
Who knew if that word would trigger her earlier violent power again.
Moreover, the unstable state had stopped changing.
Still Unstable · Moderate, but the progress bar—if not clicked to view—looked full.
Actually, it was just over a hundred points from directly entering severe.
Lin Shen Xue approached Xu Lin a bit; he subconsciously retreated half a step.
But seeing the black mist rising from her, he stopped.
He conjured two bottles of blue quality mineral water, handed one to Lin Shen Xue.
“Lin classmate, drink some water to calm down first. You must drink it.”
Xu Lin feared she’d hide it again and emphasized slightly.
Taking the mineral water with both hands, Lin Shen Xue held it like a treasure.
Hearing Xu Lin’s last words, she nodded like pounding garlic, like a little hamster.
She twisted open the cap, held the bottle with both hands, tilted her head slightly, and took a small sip.
Then her brows relaxed.
“Such good water.”
She showed a comfortable smile.
Xu Lin also took a big gulp of mineral water; hearing her words, joy in his heart.
“If it’s good, I’ll buy you water to drink in the future. Drink it all.”
“Mm. Xu Lin classmate.”
Lin Shen Xue nodded repeatedly, looking obedient.
The current Lin Shen Xue seemed very agreeable.
If only it could influence her after waking.
Xu Lin looked at her tag state; after just that small sip, the state value dropped a few hundred points.
The progress bar finally had some visible blank again.
Then Lin Shen Xue slowly drank the mineral water beside Xu Lin, and with each sip, a sweet smile bloomed on her face.
Seeing her happy appearance, Xu Lin was curious if the water was better than his own.
But thinking of Li Zhi Ran’s even more obvious reaction to his synthesized cola, he let it go.
Soon she drank half the bottle; the tag state had dropped to clearly show blank. But still some distance from original level.
Finally, finishing one bottle, Lin Shen Xue’s tag state surprisingly dropped to only a quarter left.
However, this seemed the limit.
Afterward, Xu Lin took out Florida Water; it only lowered a tiny bit more, then stayed the same.
Her state was stabilized.
But…
Xu Lin looked around again.
The dream showed no sign of waking.
Earlier seeing her tag state progress bar drop sharply, he thought reaching a certain point might wake the dream.
But now, no sign of waking at all.
“It’s so dark here, Xu Lin classmate.”
“But as long as Xu Lin classmate is here, I’m not afraid. Always together too…”
Don’t say that!
“Lin classmate!”
Xu Lin quickly grabbed her shoulders, staring into her eyes.
Her body trembled slightly, but her eyes shone with joy.
“We have an appointment!”
“Appointment?”
“Yes, the weekend appointment. You forgot?”
“We can’t stay here!”
At this moment, Xu Lin was unsure whose dream this was.
But it seemed Lin Shen Xue had more influence here.
So he tried to awaken her consciousness to wake up.
“But Xu Lin classmate, as long as we’re together, it’s fine. Why care about the weekend? After the weekend, we still separate. But here, we can always be together.”
Saying that, black mist surged on Lin Shen Xue again.
The surrounding chaos began to boil.
This, this doesn’t make sense!
Xu Lin quickly applied some Florida Water to Lin Shen Xue; her black mist dissipated.
But the surrounding chaos didn’t stop boiling.
Xu Lin looked around.
Convincing Lin Shen Xue was hopeless.
But how to leave this place now?
Xu Lin remembered breaking the wall earlier.
Maybe do that?
Now with blue quality tags, worth a try.
So he synthesized mineral water, drank two bottles in a row.
Then looking at the chaotic ground, clenched his fist, imagined shattering the void.
Then punched.
Bang.
A muffled sound.
Xu Lin saw stars; his head like hit by a heavy hammer.
“Ah!”
He couldn’t help crying out.
But fortunately, a warm aura surged to his head, letting him recover.
“Xu Lin classmate!”
Lin Shen Xue’s exclamation came.
Then he felt his head wrapped by warm palms.
Soft palms gently stroked his head.
It was Lin Shen Xue.
At first, her gentle stroking did ease his brain pain some.
But soon, a power took the chance to penetrate his body, making his head sting again.
It was <Heavy Girl> power.
Xu Lin grabbed her hands.
“Thank you, Lin classmate.”
He gently pushed her hands away.
“I’m much better.”
Xu Lin forced a relaxed smile to avoid her worrying and stroking his head again.
He appreciated her intent.
After recovering, Xu Lin looked at the ground he punched.
Everything as before.
Useless…
Xu Lin really wanted to complain why punching with his fist hurt his head.
Wasted effort again.
But soon he thought of another way.
He conjured mineral water and Florida Water, poured them on the ground.
Sizzle sizzle.
With the sound of water dropping into a hot pan, mineral water turned to steam wisps, dissipating in the space.
Several bottles of mineral water and Florida Water poured.
He looked at the poured spot again.
Change!
But just slightly dented.
At this rate, he’d wait until the chicken pecks all the rice, the dog licks all the flour, the fire burns the lock to make this space disappear.
?
Xu Lin’s eyes widened, looking at the spot.
Now, the dent had completely returned to original.
No, in the time he was troubled, it recovered?
Now really chicken pecks rice, dog licks flour, fire burns lock.
Completely out of ideas?
Originally, Xu Lin thought getting blue tag was hope; it did help normalize Lin Shen Xue.
But still trapped in this dream!
Xu Lin glared at the chaotic space around.
He didn’t want to admit defeat, but…
…Hm?
“Synthesis preview?”
In the void, four semi-transparent words appeared.
“Did I see wrong? Nothing in hand, how is this here.”
Xu Lin blinked.
The four floating words didn’t disappear.
He subconsciously clicked in.
‘Heavy Girl’s Dream’ + <Positive Role> (blue) *20 = ‘Beautiful Dream’
No, dreams can be synthesized too?
Xu Lin exclaimed in his heart.
And it was his first time seeing synthesis needing multiple tags for one item.
20 blue <Positive Role>. One blue <Positive Role> costs 200 points; twenty total 4000 points.
Could this be the real way to wake from the dream?
He glanced at his remaining tag energy; just enough for 20, 400 left.
He saw the synthesis success rate was actually 1.
First time seeing a guaranteed success item.
Then he read the detailed description and understood why.
Because this success rate was for synthesizing with 20 blue tags.
Yes, this dream was very special; with more tags input, success rate changed accordingly.
Meaning, could use 10 tags, gamble 50% success, save the other 10 tags’ energy.
But since 100% success, why gamble.
What he truly gambled now was whether synthesizing beautiful dream would let him fully leave this dream.
He checked the detailed description again, confirmed yes!
‘Beautiful Dream’ lets the user choose wake time, or let ‘Beautiful Dream’ finish naturally, then wake.
Saved!
Then why hesitate.
He glanced at Lin Shen Xue, confirmed her state fine, directly chose to start synthesis.
Yes.
[Synthesizing]
[Synthesis time 1 minute]
One minute left.
But now he could wait this minute.
Situation set, Xu Lin’s spirit relaxed some; he sat on the ground.
Lin Shen Xue seeing this, quickly sat beside Xu Lin.
He felt a touch on his shoulder; looked over, Lin Shen Xue’s head leaning on his shoulder.
Xu Lin didn’t stop; last minute, didn’t want rash action causing unpredictable issues.
Lin Shen Xue just cuddled Xu Lin; the two silent for a while.
…
[Synthesis successful]
Who knows how long; the system prompt brought Xu Lin back.
Glanced at Lin Shen Xue beside; eyes closed, head still on his shoulder, face full of happiness.
Crack crack.
Sound of object cracking came.
Xu Lin quickly looked toward the sound.
Before him, cracks appeared in the chaotic space.
Soft light shot from the cracks.
Looking at that light, Xu Lin felt his body and mind instantly relax.
“Finally over.”
Cracks increased, like a spider web.
Light came from all directions.
Warm.
Like the whole body soaking in hot springs.
His body began to dissolve, fully merging into the light.
Xu Lin’s face showed a happy, intoxicated smile.
A beautiful dream began.